1987-91: Freelance Archaeologist based at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, U.K., working on contract basis for English Heritage, Cambridge University Archaeological Unit, Suffolk Archaeological Unit, Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit, British Archaeological Mission to Pakistan, and the Nicopolis-ad-Istrum (Bulgaria) project.

1997-2001: Ph.D., Department of Archaeology / Department of Biology (Environmental Archaeology Unit), University of York, U.K. Advisor: Professor Don Brothwell.
Title: In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Modelling fish exploitation in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from the 5th millennium BC to the Late Islamic period.

1986-87: M.A. (with Distinction) in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, U.K.
Advisor: Dr Paul Halstead.
Title: Animal Remains and Some Evidence of Animal Sacrifice on the Roman Fen-Edge: the Animal Bones from the Romano-Celtic Shrine at Haddenham.